Advancement Systems Manager

Dogwood Alliance mobilizes diverse voices to protect the unique forests and communities of the Southern US from destructive industrial logging through grassroots action, holding corporate and government decision-makers accountable, catalyzing large-scale conservation and advancing a 21st-century vision that fully values forests for the myriad ways in which they sustain life. Having transformed the practices of some of the largest corporations in the world, Dogwood is on the leading edge of international, national and regional efforts to advance forest protection in the US South.

The Advancement Systems Manager (ASM) works to manage a system of complex databases which are integral to ensuring the overall success of Dogwood Alliance’s donor and community engagement efforts and reaching short-term and long-term financial and programmatic goals. This position requires a high degree of professionalism, integrity, analytic and organizational skills as well as interpersonal skills. The ASM must be able to input and interpret data, run reports, make strategic recommendations based on report data, work with high-functioning, cross-departmental teams, manage sophisticated engagement calendars and communicate with donors and community members. The ASM must have experience working with database systems in a variety of functions.

This is a management-level position requiring the ability to oversee both individual databases and the database system as a whole, ensure accuracy and integrity when working with and communicating confidential information, and make strategic management recommendations regarding organizational policies and procedures. This position reports directly to the Advancement Director while working closely with the Marketing Director and the Development Director, and other communications, fundraising, operations, and campaign staff. The Advancement Systems Manager is a full-time, exempt, position, based in the Asheville office or remotely from the Triangle area of North Carolina.

The Advancement Systems Manager is a full-time, exempt, position, based in the Asheville office or remotely from the Triangle area of North Carolina. Includes a competitive salary based on experience, a benefits package including 100% employer paid health insurance premiums and generous paid time off. Position open until filled.

We value and respect all types of diversity and strongly encourage applicants from traditionally marginalized groups to apply. We prohibit discrimination and harassment and provide equal employment opportunity without regard to, and not limited to, ethnicity, religion, race, national origin, abilities, gender identity, age or genetic information. We are committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting those from minority and disadvantaged groups. We want to live in a world that recognizes the inherent strengths that come from different viewpoints, backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. As a team, we have taken on a commitment to examining our unconscious biases and want to work towards an equitable, peaceful and just world.